America Ferrera on Oscar 2024 nomination: “I still can’t understand it”

Nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 96th Academy Awards, America Ferrerawho played the human Glory in Barbiefilm by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird: Time to Fly, Little Women), confessed that he still hasn’t been able to process the achievement.

“There was a moment when I wasn’t sure [se a nomeação] had been invented. And then my phone started ringing, so I figured I must have heard it right.”told the Variety. “I still can’t understand my feelings, because I’m still in the ‘I can’t even believe this is real’ phase.”

Ferrera also spoke about the disappointment of not seeing Margot Robbie It is Greta Gerwig nominated for the categories of Best Actress and Best Director, respectively, endorsing the speech of Ryan Goslingwho also regretted the absence of her co-workers:

“I was incredibly disappointed that they weren’t nominated. Greta He did almost everything a director could do to deserve this. Creating this world and taking something that had no inherent value to most people and making it a global phenomenon. It’s disappointing not to see her on this list.”lamented the actress.

In Barbiethe most famous doll in the world, played by Margot Robbie (The Suicide Squad) starts to have problems when Barbieland, his perfect world, stops being so perfect. To get everything back to normal, she decides to go to the Real World to discover the root of the problem.

However, the merciless president of the company that makes Barbie dolls will not let her wander our world for long and will pursue her until she is perfectly safe in her perfect world… which is no longer so perfect when she returns, thanks The Ken (Ryan Gosling, La La Land: Singing Seasons).

In addition to Robbie, Gosling It is McKinnonthe cast of Barbie still has Alexandra Shipp (Tick, tick… BOOM!), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Emma Mackey (Sex Education), Kingsley Ben-Adir (Secret Invasion), Issa Rae (Insecure), Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who), Hari Nef (The Idol), John Cena (Peacemaker) and the singer Dua Lipaamong others, such as different versions of Barbie and Ken.

America Ferrera (Superstore), Ariana Greenblatt (Ahsoka), Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), Will Ferrel (Stranger Than Fiction), Connor Swindells (Sex Education), Emerald Fennell (Beautiful Revenge) It is Helen Mirren (Shazam: Fury of the Gods), among many others, complete the cast.

In addition to directing the film, Greta Gerwig (Little Women) also signs the script for Barbie together with her co-worker and husband, Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, White Noise). Watch the trailer:

Who wins Best Actress at the 2024 Oscars? Vote for your favorite!

• Annette Bening, by NYAD
• Lily Gladstone, for Killers of the Flower Moon
• Sandra Hüller, for Anatomy of a Fall
• Carey Mulligan, by Maestro
• Emma Stone, for Poor Creatures